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College of Southern Idaho urges state support as enrollment jumps 20%
Summary
College of Southern Idaho leaders told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee that rapid enrollment growth tied to Idaho Launch has stretched instructional capacity and prompted a FY2026 request for an enrollment workload adjustment of $475,700 to hire five faculty and reduce wait lists.
The College of Southern Idaho asked the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee for targeted funding to ease instructional bottlenecks after reporting a sharp increase in enrollment.
Kevin Campbell, a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, told the committee that CSI’s FY2026 request includes an enrollment workload adjustment totaling $475,700. "CSI's 2026 request is for the enrollment workload adjustment in the amount of $475,700," Campbell said.
The request follows a 20% year-over-year increase in CSI's fall enrollment, which President Aldine Fisher attributed largely to Idaho Launch. "Last fall ... we had 579 launch recipients matriculate to the College of Southern Idaho. We ultimately experienced a 20% enrollment growth," Fisher said. She told the committee CSI has added roughly 3,800 students since fall 2021 and now faces capacity constraints in both CTE and general…
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